Microbiology & Immunology Research

Microbiology & Immunology research spans a broad range of interests including viral and bacterial infection and pathogenesis, inflammation and immunology, enzymology and metabolism, molecular genetics, and signaling and gene expression. Our faculty address questions at the cellular and molecular level, using contemporary technology and approaches.

Our faculty maintain research laboratories located within the Basic Science Building, the Children's Research Institute, the Blood Research Institute, the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Fund Center, the Max McGee National Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes, the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, and the Center for Infectious Disease Research.

BSL3/ABSL3 Facility

10,000 sqft facility. Contains 4 BSL3 containment labs and 4 individual ABSL3 suites. Two rooms from each of the BSL3 and ABSL3 laboratories are “enhanced” and are sufficient for studies involving Avian Influenza.

QP Expression Colony Picking Robot from Genetix

Automatically plate and spread samples into QTrays. Accurately pick up to 30,000 colonies/day from trays or dishes. Cherry-pick wells of interest after off-line analysis. Track identity of plates and wells. Option to replicate and re-array new plates.

Bridge to Cures

The CTSI represents a unique and transformative collaboration among the Medical College of Wisconsin, its campus research partners (Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital Health System of Wisconsin, VA Medical Center, and the Blood Research Institute), and the major academic institutions in southeast Wisconsin: Marquette University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Milwaukee School of Engineering. The CTSI is supported by an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award grant.

Milwaukee County Research Park

The Milwaukee County Research Park Corporation (MCRPC) is a non-profit organization created to manage the development of a university-related research park on 175 acres of Milwaukee County-owned land in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The Research Park will nurture technology-based companies, strengthen Milwaukee County's business base, create new employment opportunities, and facilitate technology commercialization. This objective will be accomplished by bringing together the substantial academic, intellectual, business and entrepreneurial resources of the metropolitan Milwaukee area in a physical environment conducive to such activities.